Holiday Open House at Troy-Hayner Cultural Center

2024 Holiday Open House Weekend at Hayner

Saturday, December 7, 2024 Children’s Day
Sunday, December 8, 2024 Grand Opening of the Decor with Live Music all Day
From 1 pm to 5 pm
Holiday Open House is a signature event for the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center. The event begins with a Children’s Day on Saturday, December 7. Children’s Day is a loud and happy day with refreshments and activities throughout the house. The event opens at 1:00 pm with arts and crafts all day in the East Room. A demonstration by Ballet Schreffler also begins at 1:00 pm. A puppet show called, “The Hungry, Hungry Bookworm” with the River City Puppets will begin at 2:00 pm and then again at 3:30 pm. Santa will arrive at 2:30 to hear all the wishes and pass out candy canes. All the activities are free, however the puppet show requires free tickets which are available at the Hayner Front Desk beginning at 9 am on Saturday, December 7.

Sunday, December 8 is the Grand Opening of the Holiday Décor with refreshments and music in the East Room all day. The theme of the décor this year is, “Vintage Christmas.” The Hayner welcomes families and friends to tour all the latest holiday décor installations. Every room of the house has been adopted by a local designer and transformed into a holiday wonderland. This year our designers are Mary Nilsen and crew in the Courtyard, East Room, lower hall and staircase; the folks at David Fair on the Square are designing the Study; the Solarium is re-envisioned by Logan Eshelman of Towne Valley Gifts; StoryPoint Troy has the décor for the upper stair and window seat; artists Kelly Rank and Ginger Godfrey transform the Art Gallery; Your Personal Florist will re-create the Parlor; the Conference Room has fresh designs by Sheila Fulks and James Novotny; Georgia Bayman adds her touch to the Boardroom and West Room; The Hayner’s Exhibit Committee and Upper Valley Fiber Guild make their mark on the exhibit areas, Hayner’s own Zoe Darner has designs for the Ballroom and Dana Leonard will decorate the Art Studio this year.

The East Room will be the location for live music on Sunday. These musicians chosen for Holiday Open House are local to the area, bringing a feeling of family and community to the day. The event begins at 1:00 pm with Rachel Sagona’s beloved High School A Capella choir called the Troy Tones who bring their youthful energies to start the day with their bright harmonies. At 1:30 the Buckeye Road Show will share holiday favorites. Trojan fireman Luke Lindeman will bring hymn and contemporary Christian favorites at 2:00 pm. Jay Cullis will share some folky pop, some originals and some covers. At 3:00 Jayla Leland will sing some country tunes. Flutes Etc. is a quartet who will play at 3:30 pm and Crossroads Saxophone Quartet will follow them at 4:00 pm. The day will close with young students from Trojan City Music under the instruction of their teacher Chris Aldridge.